There is no doubt that this is a TX Indigo, that it is eating a Western Diamondback, and I'm pretty confident this situation was photographed of a wild snake (particularly clear when you see the full set).
The little you can see of the land in the full set looks like South Texas as well.

That's one patient photographer! That must have taken an hour or more to swallow.

Why would there be any speculation that this was taken anywhere else?

It won't be long until someone gets this photo in an email saying it was taken by a soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan! :lol:
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

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• black snake eating a rattler - wha is it - JP, Wed Jul 8 18:40:46 2009
• another pic - JP, Wed Jul 8 18:41:09 2009
• trying to pin down locality.... - JP, Wed Jul 8 19:35:36 2009
• RE: another pic - anuraanman, Wed Jul 8 19:36:46 2009
• here's the thing.... - JP, Wed Jul 8 19:41:32 2009
• RE: here's the thing.... - NWFLHerper, Wed Jul 8 19:48:32 2009
• RE: here's the thing.... - JP, Wed Jul 8 19:55:15 2009
• RE: here's the thing.... - NWFLHerper, Wed Jul 8 20:41:18 2009
• quick question.... - JP, Wed Jul 8 21:07:37 2009
• Easy ID.. - jodscovry, Wed Jul 8 21:29:01 2009
• more confused than ever -----> - JP, Wed Jul 8 21:39:05 2009
• RE: more confused than ever -----> - LarryF, Wed Jul 8 22:22:37 2009
• I met to type in erebennus, not rubidus - jodscovry, Fri Jul 10 18:21:55 2009
• RE: quick question.... - NWFLHerper, Wed Jul 8 22:06:47 2009
• RE: here's the thing.... - CrimsonKing, Fri Jul 10 15:14:08 2009
• yeah... - JP, Fri Jul 10 21:02:09 2009
• RE: here's the thing.... - seeulater, Wed Jul 8 20:28:50 2009
• here's the thing....it's an indigo.!. - JYohe, Thu Jul 9 16:59:40 2009
• RE: black snake eating a rattler - wha is it - chrish, Wed Jul 8 22:51:55 2009
• RE: black snake eating a rattler - wha is it - anuraanman, Wed Jul 8 23:02:59 2009
• RE: black snake eating a rattler - wha is it - Joe_M, Thu Jul 9 15:51:05 2009